Homicide

Without enough resources to meet their needs, families of homicide victims say, years later, they're still struggling to cope.

The multimedia art installation and reporting project features six original portraits by local artist Cbabi Bayoc, inspired by a years-long investigation by St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project into the more than 1,000 unsolved homicides over the last decade.

In this guide, families who have lost someone to violence in St. Louis share what did — and did not — help them rebuild their lives after a tragic loss.

In St. Louis, people whose loved ones were killed said they didn’t know what to expect from the police. This guide explains the process.

For those whose loved ones were killed in St. Louis, the investigative process could be improved with empathy, better communication and frequent updates.

It's been a wild year rife with protests, innovation, petty scandals, insects, celestial happenings — and much more.

Spc. Wooster Rancy, 21, faces charges of murder and obstructing justice in the Oct. 20 death of 23-year-old Army Sgt. Sarah Roque at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri.

Homicides in St. Louis dropped slightly between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31 of this year. There were 109 in that period last year compared to 106 in 2024. While national totals are down more relatively, the city is still on track to see its lowest number of killings since 2014.

Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board records show Sean Grayson worked for six law enforcement agencies around central Illinois in four year.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, who is now charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, was previously discharged from the U.S. Army for serious misconduct — and still hired at six police departments in Central Illinois.